Yes. Recently there have been articles about "genetic" evolution of cars, "genetic" evolution of robots, optimisation with intelligent water, and more. People

Yes. Recently there have been articles about "genetic" evolution of cars, "genetic" evolution of robots, optimisation with intelligent water, and more. People seem interested in the subject, so I thought I'd put in a link to an article summarising some of the more interesting techniques, especially since it, in turn, has links to other items on optimization. In addition, I'm still making observations about what people on HN now want to see. Although this item may yet be flagged to death, it's also getting a lot of up-votes, showing that there's a segment of the current population that finds this sort of thing useful or interesting. I find it rather depressing that stuff I've written and recently submitted [1] has sunk entirely without trace, and yet a hackneyed link like this is doing so well. Clearly I don't know what HN wants. I continue to make observations to try to make more useful contributions. [1] http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2123469 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2123469 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2126890 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2126890 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2127187 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2127187 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2130519 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2130519